WORCESTER, Mass. -- The Colby College men's varsity 8 placed third out of five crews in racing over 2,000 meters on Saturday.

The Mules had a time of 6 minutes, 13.42 seconds in an 18-mile per hour cross tail wind. Colby finished ahead of University of Massachusetts and Hamilton College. WPI won the race in 6:02.48 and Wesleyan University was second in 6:05.41.

WORCESTER, Mass. -- The 12th-ranked Colby College women's crew defeated 10th-ranked William Smith and took third overall out of five teams on Saturday on Lake Quinsigamond.

Ithaca, ranked fifth nationally, won the women's varsity 8 race in 6:40.31, while ninth-ranked WPI was second in 6:50.43. University of New Hampshire placed third (6:56.14). The Mules came in at 6:57.13, just ahead of William Smith (6:57.64). Trinity, ranked 14th, was last in 7:21.24.

The second varsity 8 boat of Riley Karp (coxswain), Katy Donchik (8), Lydia Larson (7), Helen Watson (6), Ling MacLean (5), Amanda Deming (4), Annie Byrnes (3), Alexandria Lucas (2), and Maddie Andews (1) placed third out of five boats and had a time of 7:07.11. Ithaca took first in 6:59.57 and WPI was runner up at 7:06.24. The Mules beat UNH, William Smith, and Connecticut College.